I Have A Laptop Hard Drive From A Friend Who Wants Me To Take Her Exce

[bcain2121]

I Have A Laptop Hard Drive From A Friend Who Wants Me To Take Her Excel Spreadsheets Off Of It. I Bought An Enclosure For It, I Can See The Drive On My Computer, But Access Is Denied. How Do I Gain Access To Drive On Windows 8? (Hard Drive Is From A Windows XP Machine)

 

[hang-the-9]

You need to take ownership of the directories the files are in. http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2808-take-ownership-file-folder-drive-registry-key-windows-8-a.html